Check out the NYPL Digital Collections

Did you know? For years, the New York Public Library (NYPL) has been digitizing photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, prints, and more. The digital collection now boasts over 740,000 items, which you are free to search or browse through. Fun fact: over 200k of the digital items are in the public domain.

For information on how to find, download, and ethically use items in the NYPL Digital Collections, go here: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/about

Here’s an example of a stereograph entitled “Iolani Palace and ground, Honolulu, H.I.” The item is in the following collection:

Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views

>United States

>>States

>>>Hawaii.

By reviewing the “Rights Information” section, I know that this digital file is in the public domain in the U.S.

*The featured image on this post showcases “Man plowing field with two oxen, four small buildings in the background,”a drawing in the public domain.